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[[pp. H12151-H12201]] CONFERENCE REPORT ON H.R. 4577, DEPARTMENTS OF LABOR, HEALTH AND HUMAN
SERVICES, AND EDUCATION, AND RELATED AGENCIES APPROPRIATIONS ACT, 2001
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by the Senate instead of $107,765,000 as proposed by the
House.
BILINGUAL AND IMMIGRANT EDUCATION
The conference agreement includes $460,000,000 for
Bilingual and Immigrant Education programs instead of
$406,000,000 as proposed by the House and $443,000,000 as
proposed by the Senate.
For instructional services, the conference agreement
includes $180,000,000 as proposed by the Senate instead of
$162,500,000 as proposed by the House. For support services,
the agreement provides $16,000,000 instead of $14,000,000 as
proposed by both the House and the Senate. For professional
development, the conference agreement includes $100,000,000
instead of $85,000,000 as proposed by the Senate and
$71,500,000 as proposed by the House. For immigrant
education, the conference agreement includes $150,000,000 as
proposed by both the House and the Senate. The agreement also
provides $14,000,000 for foreign language assistance as
proposed by the Senate instead of $8,000,000 as proposed by
the House.
Special Education
The conference agreement includes $7,439,948,000 for
Special Education instead of $7,353,141,000 as proposed by
the Senate and $6,550,161,000 as proposed by the House. The
agreement provides $2,367,948,000 in fiscal year 2001 and
$5,072,000,000 in fiscal year 2002 funding for this account.
Included in these funds is $6,339,685,000 for Grants to
States part B instead of $6,279,685,000 as proposed by the
Senate and $5,489,685,000 as proposed by the House. This
funding level provides an additional $1,350,000,000 to assist
the States in meeting the additional per pupil costs of
services to special education students.
The conference agreement includes $383,567,000 for Grants
for Infants and Families as proposed by the Senate instead of
$375,000,000 as proposed by the House.
The conference agreement includes $49,200,000 for state
program improvement grants instead of $45,200,000 as proposed
by the House and $35,200,000 as proposed by the Senate. The
agreement includes $77,353,000 for research and innovation
instead of $64,433,000 as proposed by the House and
$74,433,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within the amounts
provided for Special Education Research and Innovation, the
conference agreement includes $7,353,000 for the following:
$921,000 for the University of Louisville Research
Foundation, Louisville, KY for research in pediatric sleep
disorders and learning disabilities;
$461,000 for the University of Northern Iowa, Cedar Falls,
IA, National Institute of Technology for Inclusive Education
for expanded outreach efforts;
$1,421,000 for the Salt Lake City Organizing Committee or
to a governmental agency or a not-for-profit organization
designated by the Salt Lake City Organizing Committee for the
2002 Paralympic Games;
$1,600,000 to the National Easter Seals Society for
providing training, technical support, services and equipment
through the Early Childhood Development Project in the
Mississippi Delta Region;
$1,000,000 for the University of Northern Colorado's
National Center for Low Incidence Disabilities in Greeley,
Colorado to demonstrate innovative and effective approaches
to teaching special education students;
$500,000 for the Baird Center in Burlington, Vermont for a
national demonstration to educate students with serious
emotional and behavioral problems;
$750,000 for the Center for Literacy and Assessment at the
University of Southern Mississippi to increase its research
dissemination, teacher and parent training, development of
replicable models for reading assessment and intervention;
$250,000 for the Hebrew Academy for Special Children in
Parksville, New York to continue its demonstration program to
enhance the academic and social outcomes of developmentally
disabled children; and
$450,000 for Parents, Inc. in Alaska to train teachers and
specialists in the use of technology to support service
delivery to children with disabilities in rural Alaska.
The conference agreement includes $53,481,000 for technical
assistance and dissemination instead of $45,481,000 proposed
by both the House and the Senate. The agreement also includes
$26,000,000 for parent information centers as proposed by the
Senate instead of $22,000,000 as proposed by the House.
Included in the agreement is $37,210,000 for technology and
media services instead of $36,410,000 as proposed by the
House and $35,323,000 as proposed by the Senate. The
agreement includes $9,500,000 for Recordings for the Blind
and Dyslexic for the purposes described in both the House and
Senate reports.
The agreement also includes $1,500,000 for Public
Telecommunications Information and Training Dissemination as
proposed by the Senate. The House bill did not contain funds
for this activity.
REHABILITATION SERVICES AND DISABILITY RESEARCH
The conference agreement includes $2,805,339,000 for
Rehabilitation Services and Disability Research instead of
$2,776,803,000 as proposed by the House and $2,799,519,000 as
proposed by the Senate.
The conference agreement includes $11,647,000 for client
assistance state grants instead of $10,928,000 as proposed by
the House and $11,147,000 as proposed by the Senate. The
agreement also includes $21,092,000 for demonstration and
training programs instead of $16,492,000 as proposed by the
House and $21,672,000 as proposed by the Senate.
The conference agreement includes $2,350,000 for migrant
and seasonal farmworkers as proposed by the House instead of
$2,850,000 as proposed by the Senate. The agreement also
includes $14,000,000 for Protection and Advocacy of
Individual Rights as proposed by the House instead of
$13,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
The conference agreement includes $20,000,000 for services
for older blind individuals as proposed by the Senate instead
of $18,000,000 as proposed by the House. The agreement also
includes $8,717,000 for the Helen Keller Center for Deaf/
Blind as proposed by the Senate instead of $8,550,000 as
proposed by the House.
The conference agreement includes $100,400,000 for the
National Institute for Disability and Rehabilitation Research
instead of $86,462,000 as proposed by the House and
$95,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. Within this amount,
the conference agreement includes $400,000 for the Cerebral
Palsy Foundation in Wichita, Kansas.
The conference agreement includes $41,112,000 for Assistive
Technology as proposed by the Senate instead of $34,000,000
as proposed by the House. The conference agreement includes
language which overrides the authorizing statute to provide
$22,069,000 for State Assistive Technology projects, a total
of $2,680,000 for grants to protection and advocacy systems
(a minimum grant of $50,000 each) and $1,363,000 for
technical assistance activities to support States in
sustaining and strengthening their capacity to address the
assistive technology needs of individuals with disabilities.
This language was not included in either the House or Senate
bills.
The agreement also retains language from the Senate bill
which changes the matching requirements and funding
provisions under title III of the Assistive Technology Act of
1998 in order to increase access to assistive technology for
individuals with disabilities. The House bill contained no
similar provision.
Within the amounts provided for vocational rehabilitation
demonstration and training programs, the conference agreement
includes $4,600,000 for the following activities:
$921,000 Krasnow Institute at George Mason University,
Fairfax, VA for continuation of learning disability research;
$921,000 Center for Discovery, International Family
Institute, Sullivan County, NY for expansion of services to
disabled persons;
$230,000 Alabama Institute for Deaf and Blind in Talladega,
AL for a demonstration grant for the National Community
College for Students with Sensory Impairments;
$500,000 Muhlenberg College in Pennsylvania for a national
model program for teaching higher education students with
disabilities;
$200,000 Lewis and Clark Community College in Godfrey,
Illinois to develop employment training services for persons
with disabilities;
$425,000 The Imaginarium in Vestal, New York for treating
at risk, low income children with developmental disorders;
$255,000 Eden Institute, Princeton, New Jersey for
community-based services to children and adults with autism;
$595,000 American Foundation for the Blind's National
Literacy Center for the Visually Impaired, Atlanta, Georgia
to provide state-of-the-art teacher training in the use of
Braille, assistive and other technologies to improve literacy
instruction of visually impaired children and adults;
$553,000 Illinois State Board of Education for an Assistive
Technology Exchange Program in Chicago, Illinois, to expand
services to individuals with disabilities.
Special Institutions for Persons With Disabilities
American Printing House for the Blind
The conference agreement includes $12,000,000 for American
Printing House for the Blind instead of $11,000,000 as
proposed by the House and $12,500,000 as proposed by the
Senate. This amount includes $800,000 for the American
Printing House's commitment to provide accessible textbooks
to students who are blind or visually impaired through its
innovative Accessible Textbook Initiative and Collaboration
Project.
National Technical Institute for the Deaf
The conference agreement includes $53,376,000 for the
National Technical Institute for the Deaf instead of
$54,000,000 as proposed by the House and $54,366,000 as
proposed by the Senate.
The conferees direct the Department of Education to waive
any contribution requirement for construction costs related
to the dormitory renovation project.
Gallaudet University
The conference agreement includes $89,400,000 for Gallaudet
University as proposed by the House instead of $87,650,000 as
proposed by the Senate.
Vocational and Adult Education
The conference agreement includes $1,825,600,000 for
Vocational and Adult Education instead of $1,718,600,000 as
proposed by the House and $1,726,600,000 as proposed by the
Senate. The agreement provides $1,034,600,000 in fiscal year
2001 and
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$791,000,000 in fiscal year 2002 funding for this account.
The conference agreement includes $1,100,000,000 for
Vocational Education basic state grants as proposed by the
House instead of $1,071,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
The conference agreement includes $5,600,000 for Tribally
Controlled Postsecondary Vocational Institutions as proposed
by the Senate instead of $4,600,000 as proposed by the House.
The conference agreement includes $17,500,000 for
vocational education national programs as proposed by the
House and the Senate. The agreement also includes $9,000,000
to continue the occupational and employment information
program as proposed by the Senate. The House bill did not
include funding for this activity.
The conference agreement includes $5,000,000 for the tech-
prep education demonstration authorized under section 207 of
the Perkins Act. The agreement also includes $22,000,000 for
State Grants for Incarcerated Youth as proposed by the
Senate. The House did not provide funding for these
activities.
The conferees encourage the Department to give full and
fair consideration to proposals from county probation
departments collaborating with community-based organizations
established to address the educational and employment needs
of ex-offenders.
The conference agreement includes $540,000,000 for adult
education state grants instead of $470,000,000 proposed by
both the House and the Senate. Within this amount,
$70,000,000 is to be set aside for integrated English
literacy and civics education services to new immigrants.
Sixty-five percent of these funds will be allocated on the
basis of a state's absolute need for services and thirty-five
percent will be allocated on the basis of a state's recent
growth in need for services. Each state is guaranteed a
minimum grant of $60,000. For the purposes of allocating
funds to States for these services, the conferees intend that
the Department of Education use the most current data
available from the Immigration and Naturalization Service of
the Department of Justice to determine the number of
immigrants admitted for legal permanent residence for each
fiscal year. The House bill provided $25,500,000 for
civics education services to new immigrants. The Senate
bill contained no similar provision.
Student Financial Assistance
The conference agreement includes $10,674,000,000 for
Student Financial Assistance instead of $10,150,000,000 as
proposed by the House and $10,639,000,000 as proposed by the
Senate. The agreement sets the maximum Pell Grant at $3,750
instead of $3,650 as proposed by the Senate and $3,500 as
proposed by the House. The agreement provides $8,756,000,000
for current law Pell Grants.
The conference agreement includes $60,000,000 for Perkins
Loan cancellations instead of $40,000,000 as proposed by the
House and $75,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The
agreement also includes $55,000,000 for Leveraging
Educational Assistance Partnerships (LEAP) as proposed by the
Senate. The House bill did not provide funding for this
program.
The conference agreement also includes $1,000,000 for the
loan forgiveness for child care providers program, instead of
$10,000,000 provided in the Senate bill. The House bill did
not include any funding for this program. The conferees are
aware of the significant need for and benefits of high
quality child care services, and for that reason, have
included start up funding for this program. Limited funding
has been provided in fiscal year 2001 solely due to the fact
that few individuals will meet the eligibility requirements.
The conferees expect the Secretary to be prepared to discuss
the estimated number of eligible borrowers and amounts
eligible to be forgiven at the fiscal year 2002
appropriations hearings to help make certain that sufficient
funding is available for this program. In addition, the
conferees direct the Department to ensure that information
about the availability and benefits of this program is
provided to all potentially eligible borrowers.
The conferees encourage the Department of Education, on all
existing and future web sites and publications where higher
education financial aid information is provided, to fairly
and accurately provide information with respect to the
availability of loans through both the Federal Family
Education Loan (FFEL) program and the Federal Direct Loan
Program.
The conferees support continuing funding for work colleges,
authorized in section 448 of the Higher Education Act of
1965. These funds help support comprehensive work-service-
learning programs around the Nation. Of the funds provided,
the conference agreement includes $4,000,000 to continue and
expand the work colleges program.
The conferees are aware of concerns in the higher education
community about the so-called ``12-hour rule'' and its
unsuitability to address the needs of institutions of higher
education throughout the nation that serve non-traditional
students engaged in lifelong learning. The conferees are
concerned about the potential for enormous paperwork burdens
being placed on institutions of higher education in their
attempts to comply with the 12-hour rule. The conferees
understand that the Department of Education has agreed to
meet with the higher education community about this issue.
The conferees strongly encourage the Department to include
all interested parties in this discussion, including those
involved in efforts to assure the integrity of Federal
student financial aid programs. The Department is requested
to report the results of the discussions and any anticipated
action on the part of the Department with respect to the 12-
hour rule to the relevant Congressional committees by March
31, 2001. By October 1, 2001, the Department is to make
recommendations to the relevant congressional committees
regarding the most appropriate means to maintain the
integrity of Federal student assistance programs without
creating unnecessary paperwork for institutions of higher
education.
Higher Education
The conference agreement includes $1,911,710,000 for Higher
Education instead of $1,688,081,000 as proposed by the House
and $1,704,520,000 as proposed by the Senate.
The conference agreement includes $73,000,000 for
strengthening institutions as proposed by the House instead
of $65,000,000 as proposed by the Senate. The agreement also
includes $68,500,000 for Hispanic Serving Institutions as
proposed by the House instead of $62,500,000 as proposed by
the Senate.
The conference agreement includes $185,000,000 for
Strengthening Historically Black Colleges and Universities as
proposed by the House instead of $169,000,000 as proposed by
the Senate.
The conference agreement includes $45,000,000 for
Historically Black Graduate Institutions as proposed by the
House instead of $40,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
The conference agreement includes $6,000,000 for Alaska and
Native Hawaiian Institutions as proposed by the Senate
instead of $5,000,000 as proposed by the House.
The conference agreement includes $15,000,000 for
Strengthening Tribal Colleges as proposed by the Senate
instead of $12,000,000 as proposed by the House. Of this
amount, $5,000,000 shall be used for construction and
renovation projects at tribally controlled colleges and
universities.
The conference agreement includes $146,687,000 for the Fund
for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education instead of
$31,200,000 as proposed by the House and $51,247,000 as
proposed by the Senate. Within the amounts provided for the
Fund for the Improvement of Postsecondary Education, the
conference agreement includes $115,487,000 for the following:
$277,000 Calhoun Community College, Decatur, AL for
technology enhancements;
$921,000 Jefferson State Community College, Birmingham, AL
for technology enhancements and supporting infrastructure;
$138,000 Wayne State College, Wayne, NE for development of
a family business center;
$2,721,000 University of Nebraska-Lincoln, in Lincoln, NE
for the Nebraska Center for Information Technology Education;
$691,000 Wayne State College, Wayne, NE for a computer
initiative and improvement of technological infrastructure;
$461,000 Laredo Community College, Laredo, TX for
instructional equipment;
$147,000 Spring Hill College, Mobile, AL for Regional
Library Resource Center development;
$2,482,000 Western Governor's University, Salt Lake City,
UT for distance-learning programs;
$369,000 Macon State College, Macon, GA for technology
development;
$369,000 Middle Georgia College, Cochran, GA for distance
learning programs;
$976,000 University of Virginia, Charlottesville, VA Center
for Government Studies for the Youth Leadership Initiative;
$737,000 City University, Bellevue, WA for distance
learning;
$921,000 Southeast Missouri State University, Cape
Girardeau, MO for equipment and curriculum development
associated with the University's Polytechnic Institute;
$369,000 Millikin University, Decatur, IL for community
outreach and experiential education programs;
$921,000 Illinois State University at Normal, IL for the
Center for Special Education Technology;
$369,000 Mankato State University, Mankato, MN for a
wireless campus initiative;
$369,000 Winona State University, MN for technology
enhancements;
$461,000 Montana State University, Bozeman, MT for
Educational Technology Leadership Institute;
$461,000 Western Montana College of the University of
Montana in Dillon, MT for the Rural Education Technology
Center;
$921,000 Wittenberg University, Springfield, OH for
technology improvements;
$921,000 California State University, Long Beach in Long
Beach, CA for Technology-Enhanced Learning Project;
$1,843,000 Elmira College, Elmira, NY for a Technology
Enhancement Initiative;
$921,000 University of Arkansas, Fayetteville, AR for the
Social Work Research Center;
$4,564,000 The Oklahoma Regents for Higher Education,
Oklahoma City, OK for an educational telecommunications and
information network utilizing facilities being made available
in Ponca City, OK;
$461,000 William Tyndale College, Farmington Hills,
Michigan for Interactive learning center for the 21st
Century;
$980,000 John Carroll University, University Heights, OH
for operations and equipment related to the Center for
Mathematics
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and Science Education, Teaching, and Technology;
$1,713,000 San Bernardino Community College District to
support the expansion of distance education telecourse
broadcasting, including the purchase of equipment;
$207,000 Office of Global Business & Entrepreneurship,
Gordon Ford College of Business, Bowling Green, KY for
technology;
$461,000 Northwestern State University, Natchitoches, LA
for Technological Infrastructure Improvements;
$1,068,000 University of Colorado at Boulder, Boulder, CO
for the ATLAS (Alliance for Technology, Learning and Society)
Project for technology-enhanced learning;
$921,000 Fort Hays State University, Center for Networked
Learning, Hays, KS for information technology;
$1,704,000 Ocean Institute, Dana Point, CA for the Ocean
Education Center;
$553,000 National Latino Research Center, California State
University San Marcos, San Marcos, CA for training and
research regarding Hispanic populations in the U.S.;
$880,000 The Philadelphia University, Philadelphia, PA for
the Center for Education Technology;
$1,152,000 DePaul University, Chicago, IL for training and
infrastructure improvement;
$829,000 Barat College, Lake Forest, IL for the Center for
Teacher Learning;
$949,000 University of Arizona College of Medicine for the
Integrative Medicine Distance Learning Program;
$691,000 Kansas State University, Manhattan, KS for Great
Plains Network Connectivity;
$230,000 Kansas Technology Center, Pittsburg State
University, Pittsburg, KS for manufacturing education;
$461,000 Indiana Institute of Tech, Ft. Wayne, IN for
technology enhancements;
$921,000 Central Florida Community College, Ocala, FL for
academic programming;
$1,382,000 Southeastern Louisiana University, Hammond, LA
for the Alternate Teacher Certification Technology Program;
$921,000 University of Tennessee, Chattanooga Challenger
Center, Chattanooga, TN for programmatic educational
activities;
$921,000 State Board of Career and Technology Education,
Oklahoma Department of Career and Technology Education,
Stillwater, OK for a Rural Education Virtual Tech Job
Training System pilot program;
$322,000 Center for International Trade Development at
Oklahoma State University, Stillwater, OK for higher
education international studies;
$1,843,000 Delaware County Community College, Media, PA for
technology infrastructure;
$1,106,000 Shenandoah University, Winchester, VA for a
technology education program;
$2,499,000 University of Hawaii at Manoa for a joint
project with the University of South Florida, the University
of California at Los Angeles, CA and George Washington
University for the Globalization Network program;
$884,000 University of Idaho College of Engineering at
Boise to enhance computing and modeling capabilities;
$1,843,000 Heidelberg College, Tiffin, Ohio for science
education and research, including laboratory and computer
equipment;
$4,146,000 Northern Illinois Center for Accelerator and
Detector Development at Northern Illinois University, DeKalb,
IL for equipment and operations;
$921,000 University of Redlands, Redlands, CA for computer
technology and networking;
$276,000 New York Medical College for curriculum
development;
$1,705,000 Minnesota State Colleges and Universities, St.
Paul, MN for development of an e-monitoring environment;
$92,000 La Sierra University in Riverside, CA for
educational equipment;
$980,000 University of Alabama, Tuscaloosa, AL for the
Child Development Research Center;
$700,000 Center for the Advancement of Distance Education
in Rural America (CADERA) in New Mexico;
$400,000 Crime Victim Law Institute at the Northwestern
School of Law, Lewis & Clark College in Portland, Oregon to
continue the study and enhancement of the role of victims in
the criminal justice system;
$200,000 Urban Learning Center in Covington, Kentucky to
expand education and student support programs that prepare
economically disadvantaged individuals for post-secondary
education;
$500,000 Washington and Lee University in Lexington,
Virginia for the Shepherd Program for the Study of Poverty;
$900,000 University of Idaho in Moscow Interactive Learning
Environments initiative designed to develop and improve
Internet-based delivery of education programs;
$1,000,000 Huntingdon College in Montgomery, Alabama to
assist in the development of a program to enhance effective
integration of computer technology in math and science
instruction;
$900,000 Eastern New Mexico University-Roswell to expand
its aviation maintenance technology program;
$1,300,000 University of Alabama in Tuscaloosa, Alabama to
upgrade computer equipment and software in its Mathematics
Learning Center for enhancement of undergraduate mathematics
and science instruction and education;
$1,020,000 Northwestern Michigan College in Traverse City,
Michigan to enhance programmatic operations of the Great
Lakes Water Research Center through teacher education, course
development, and equipment acquisition;
$250,000 Pittsburgh Digital Greenhouse in Pennsylvania for
continuing education programs;
$300,000 Oregon Graduate Institute in Portland, Oregon for
the creation of Environmental Information Technology
certificate and graduate degree programs;
$750,000 University of Louisville in Kentucky for
infrastructure needs to support access to postsecondary
education for nontraditional students through its
Metropolitan Scholars Program;
$500,000 Northern Kentucky University to expand educational
opportunities for nontraditional students through its
Metropolitan Education and Training Service program;
$625,000 College of Technology at Montana State University-
Great Falls to establish a dental hygiene education program;
$300,000 Cleveland State University in Ohio for equipment
acquisition and technology enhancements that support
innovative educational programming;
$1,800,000 Galena School District in Alaska for a
collaboration with the University of Southeast Alaska for
occupation-based curriculum development and implementation;
$300,000 Southern Oregon University in Ashland, Oregon to
continue efforts to research and pilot a comprehensive
program for preventing alcohol and drug abuse among college
students;
$1,000,000 Castleton State College in Castleton, Vermont to
establish the Robert T. Stafford Center for the Support and
Study of the Community and to establish an endowment for the
Robert T. Stafford Center;
$1,000,000 Southeast Pennsylvania Consortium for Higher
Education for faculty development, teacher training and
community outreach;
$800,000 University of Alaska to continue the Alaska
Distance Education Consortium;
$900,000 College of William and Mary in Williamsburg,
Virginia to collaborate with Colonial Williamsburg in the
development of the Institute of American History and
Democracy;
$350,000 Lehigh University in Pennsylvania for the
Integrated Product, Project, and Process Development
initiative;
$400,000 Lewis and Clark College in Portland, Oregon for
the Life of the Mind education initiative designed to explore
and celebrate the 200th anniversaries of the Louisiana
Purchase and Lewis and Clark expedition;
$750,000 Galena School District in Alaska to develop
alternative education programs;
$250,000 Pittsburgh Tissue Engineering Institute in
Pennsylvania for educational programs;
$200,000 Chippewa Valley Technical College for technology
upgrades related to the training of health professionals;
$1,275,000 Portland State University in Portland, Oregon
for the creation of a national Tribal Government Institute to
provide academic and professional development opportunities
for elected tribal leaders and governments;
$500,000 College of Rural Alaska-Interior Aleutians campus
to collaborate with the Galena School District for an
innovative technology transfer program;
$300,000 Rutgers University in Newark, New Jersey for the
Community Law program;
$200,000 Minot State University for the Rural
Communications Disability Program;
$250,000 North Dakota State University for the Tech-Based
Industry Traineeship program;
$175,000 North Dakota State University to develop an
academic program in electronic commerce;
$800,000 Suomi College in Hancock, Michigan for educational
operations;
$6,000,000 University of Tennessee to establish the Howard
Baker School of Government;
$1,000,000 University of Charleston in West Virginia for
collaborative efforts with the Clay Center for the Arts and
Sciences;
$800,000 Urban College of Boston in Massachusetts to
support higher education programs serving low-income and
minority students;
$300,000 Western New Mexico University to improve
educational access and opportunity through educational
technology;
$6,000,000 Pennsylvania State University to establish the
William F. Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy
and to establish an endowment fund for the William F.
Goodling Institute for Research in Family Literacy;
$1,000,000 Southern Illinois University Public Policy
Institute in Carbondale, IL for the endowment for the Paul
Simon Chair;
$230,000 Florida Gulf Coast University in Ft. Myers, FL for
curriculum development to support the Center for
Environmental Research and Preservation and Campus Ecosystem
Model;
$900,000 Oklahoma State University for the Exercises in
Hard Choices program;
$850,000 Jackson State University in Jackson, Mississippi,
to establish a Minority Center of Excellence for Math &
Science Teacher Preparation;
$300,000 Assumption College in Worcester, Mass. for
technology infrastructure and planning for expanded science
facilities;
$300,000 Boston College to develop technology
infrastructure to implement a science education program;
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$85,000 Loyola University, Illinois, for a program to
provide summer research opportunities for minority students;
$85,000 Pace University, White Plains, New York, to support
a center for advanced technology;
$90,000 Wausau Health Foundation in Wausau, Wisconsin to
support the development and implementation of a cardiac
nursing certification program;
$85,000 Foothills Technical Institute, Security, Arkansas,
to expand technical training and education programs for rural
residents;
$106,000 Gateway Community College in Connecticut for
faculty technology training and technology equipment
upgrades;
$170,000 Florida State University in Tallahassee, Florida,
for a distance learning program;
$213,000 World Learning School of International Training,
Brattleboro, Vermont, for educational technology programs;
$213,000 Mercy College, Dobbs Ferry, New York, for
multicultural, interdisciplinary curricula reform;
$1,225,000 Association of Jesuit Colleges and Universities
to establish the National Center for Competency-based
Distance Learning;
$255,000 East Los Angeles College, South Gate, California,
for South Gate Education Center technology upgrades;
$298,000 Canisius College in Buffalo, New York, to support
education technology enhancements including the purchase of
equipment;
$298,000 D'Youville College, Buffalo, New York, to support
education technology enhancements including the purchase of
equipment;
$298,000 Niagara University in Lewiston, New York, to
support education technology enhancements including the
purchase of equipment;
$298,000 Gogebic Community College, Ironwood, Michigan to
enhance teacher training in the use of technology in
classroom instruction;
$340,000 Dean College, Franklin, Massachusetts for the
Institute for Students With Physical or Learning Impairments
to improve instructional and support services for students
with disabilities;
$361,000 Lamar University in Beaumont, Texas to support the
planning and creation of the Lamar Institute of Technology
Center for Criminal Justice Education and Training;
$383,000 Ivy Tech State College, Indianapolis, Indiana, for
technology enhancements at the Lawrence Township/Ft. Harrison
campus.;
$425,000 Salve Regina University in Newport, Rhode Island
to support program and curriculum development associated with
the Pell Center for International Relations and Public
Policy, including the purchase of equipment;
$425,000 University of San Francisco, San Francisco,
California for equipment and program development at the
Center for Economic Development;
$425,000 Diablo Valley College, California, for a teacher
mentoring program to recruit high school and community
college students into teaching;
$425,000 Kingsborough Community College, Brooklyn, New York
for technology equipment and upgrades;
$468,000 Paul Quinn College Center for Education and
Technology to provide technology based services to students
and the community;
$544,000 University of North Carolina at Charlotte for a
joint project with the Johnson C. Smith University, North
Carolina, for the Strategies for Success Program to increase
the number of minority students in graduate engineering
programs;
$595,000 Columbia University, New York, for a joint project
with the Hostos Community College of the City University of
New York, New York, for a distance learning initiative to
train minority students in foreign policy disciplines;
$638,000 University of Wisconsin in Milwaukee, Wisconsin
for the Urban Educator Corps Partnership initiative;
$680,000 Wisconsin Indianhead Technical College, New
Richmond, Wisconsin, to provide technology training and for
technology infrastructure;
$680,000 Cambria County Area Community College, Johnstown,
Pennsylvania, for a management information system;
$723,000 Roxbury Community College, Roxbury, Massachusetts,
for new technology equipment and systems;
$723,000 Lehman College at the City University of New York
in Bronx, New York, to support a professional development
initiative, including the purchase of equipment to support
these activities;
$765,000 Carl Sandburg College Community Technology Center,
Galesburg, Illinois to support expanded access to information
technology and related services, including the purchase of
equipment;
$808,000 Alabama A & M University Research Institute,
Huntsville, Alabama, for continuation of research activities
and operations;
$808,000 Tougaloo College, Tougaloo, Mississippi to expand
science and math programs;
$1,275,000 University of Kansas Center for Research, Inc.
for a biodiversity information technology initiative;
$1,700,000 George Meany Center for Labor Studies in Silver
Spring, Maryland, to support program and curriculum
development associated with a National Center for Training
the High Skilled Workforce, including the purchase of
equipment;
$2,550,000 University of Arkansas in Fayetteville to
establish academic and research programs for the Diane Blair
Center for the Study of Southern Politics and Society;
$100,000 Neumann College, in Aston, Pennsylvania, for
curriculum design, teacher training and development, and
technology enhancements.
The conference agreement includes $67,000,000 for
International Education domestic programs as proposed by the
House instead of $62,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
The conference agreement includes $730,000,000 for TRIO as
proposed by the House and $736,500,000 as proposed by the
Senate.
The conference agreement includes $295,000,000 for the
Gaining Early Awareness and Readiness for Undergraduate
Programs (GEAR UP) instead of $200,000,000 as proposed by the
House and $225,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
The conference agreement includes $41,001,000 for Byrd
Scholarships as proposed by the Senate instead of $39,859,000
proposed by the House.
The conference agreement includes $10,000,000 for the
Javits Fellowship program in school year 2002-2003. The
agreement also includes $31,000,000 for Graduate Assistance
in Areas of National Need instead of $33,000,000 as proposed
by the Senate. The agreement includes $30,000,000 for the
Learning Anytime Anywhere Partnerships as proposed by the
Senate instead of $10,000,000 as proposed by the House.
The conference agreement includes $25,000,000 for Child
Care Access Means Parents in School instead of $15,000,000 as
proposed by the House and $10,000,000 as proposed by the
Senate.
The conference agreement includes $1,750,000 for the
Underground Railroad Educational and Cultural Program as
proposed by the Senate. The House bill did not fund this
activity.
The conference agreement also includes $4,000,000 for
Thurgood Marshall Scholarships and $1,000,000 for Olympic
Scholarships. Neither the House nor the Senate funded these
activities.
The conferees recognize efforts of the University of South
Carolina's College of Education to develop and implement a
teacher training/teacher exchange program with their
counterparts in Brazil, Denmark, Hungary, and Thailand. The
conferees encourage the Secretary to support such efforts
that link postsecondary institutions on an international
basis to promote and improve teacher training and development
activities.
HOWARD UNIVERSITY
The conference agreement includes $232,474,000 for Howard
University instead of $226,474,000 as proposed by the House
and $224,000,000 as proposed by the Senate.
COLLEGE HOUSING AND ACADEMIC FACILITIES LOANS (CHAFL)
The conference agreement includes $762,000 for the College
Housing and Academic Facilities Loans administration instead
of $737,000 as proposed by both the House and the Senate.
HISTORICALLY BLACK COLLEGE AND UNIVERSITY CAPITAL FINANCING, PROGRAM
ACCOUNT
The conference agreement includes $208,000 for the
Historically Black College and University Capital Financing
Program Account as proposed by the Senate instead of $207,000
as proposed by the House.
EDUCATION RESEARCH, STATISTICS AND IMPROVEMENT
The conference agreement includes $732,721,000 for
Education Research, Statistics and Improvement instead of the
$494,367,000 as proposed by the House and $506,519,000 as
proposed by the Senate.
The conferees provide $120,567,000 for research instead of
$103,567,000 as proposed by the House and $113,567,000 as
proposed by the Senate. Within this total, $20,000,000 is
included for continuation of the interagency research
initiative and $7,000,000 is included to support a research
initiative on improving schooling for language-minority
students. This program would support an interagency effort
between the Department of Education and the National
Institute of Child Health and Human Development (NICHD) to
identify critical factors in the development of English-
language literacy among students whose primary language is
Spanish.
The conferees provide $80,000,000 for statistics instead of
$68,000,000 as proposed by the House and the Senate. Within
the increase provided, $2,000,000 is for a National Adult
Literacy Survey; $6,400,000 is for the Birth Cohort of the
Early Childhood Longitudinal Study to allow the Department to
follow cognitive, physical, and social development of young
children; $1,000,000 is for the Adult Literacy and Life
Skills study, an international comparative study of American
workforce literacy skills in the context of five other
nations; and $2,600,000 is for the Faculty Salary and Staff
Surveys which form part of the Institutional Postsecondary
Educational Data System and are used by many organizations to
conduct policy analysis on institutions of higher education.
The conference agreement includes $65,000,000 for regional
educational labs as proposed by both the House and the
Senate. Consistent with House report 104-537, it is the
intent of the conferees that funds provided to the regional
educational laboratories shall not be conditioned on meeting
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performance standards that compromise the priorities of the
regional governing boards of each of the individual
laboratories. Further, the conferees intend that regional
educational laboratory funds shall be obligated and
distributed on the same basis as the fiscal year 2000
allocations not later than January 31, 2001.
Fund for the Improvement of Education
For the fund for the improvement of education (FIE), the
conference agreement includes $349,354,000 instead of the
$145,000,000 as proposed by the House and $142,152,000 as
proposed by the Senate.
The conference agreement includes $50,000,000 for
comprehensive school reform grants to school districts.
The conference agreement includes $30,000,000 to be used
for the Elementary School Counseling Demonstration Program.
The agreement also includes $5,000,000 to provide grants to
enable schools to provide physical education and improve
physical fitness and $3,000,000 for activities to promote
consumer, economic, and personal finance education such as
saving, investing and entrepreneurial education.
The conference agreement includes $5,000,000 to make awards
under section 10101 of the Elementary and Secondary Education
Act for a dropout prevention demonstration project. These
awards should be made to implement innovative model programs
that undertake activities to provide support, enrichment and
motivation to students at risk of dropping out or that
undertake activities to raise standards and expectations for
disadvantaged students traditionally underserved in schools
in order to ensure school completion. The Secretary will make
awards to States or local educational agencies, working in
collaboration with institutions of higher education or other
public and private agencies, organizations or institutions.
Priority should be given to applicants serving the
communities with the highest dropout rates.
The conferees recognize the need to promote the study of
American history in our nation's schools, and therefore, have
also included $50,000,000 for a new demonstration program
focusing on the instruction of American history in elementary
and secondary education. Under this program, the Secretary of
Education will award grants to local educational agencies
(LEAs), and in turn, the LEAs will make awards to schools
that are teaching American history as a separate subject
within school curricula (not as a part of a social studies
course). Grant awards are designed to augment the quality of
American history instruction and to provide professional
development activities and teacher education in the area of
American history.
The conference agreement includes $5,000,000 for high
school reform state grants. Through this State grant program,
the Secretary of Education shall award three year grants,
through a peer review process, to State educational agencies.
State educational agencies will make available not less than
90 percent of the funds, on a competitive basis, to secondary
schools or consortia thereof to support programs, activities,
classes, and other services designed to assist secondary
school students in attaining State-established challenging
academic and technical skills proficiencies. Grants awarded
to secondary schools or consortia shall be used to carry out
the following activities: integration of academics with
technical skills courses; establishment of learning and
technical skills centers within secondary schools; and
programs that support and implement innovative strategies
such as independent study, school-based enterprises, and
project-based learning.
The conference agreement includes funding under this
heading for an award to maintain and enhance the National
Teacher Recruitment Clearinghouse and for associated outreach
and technical assistance activities.
The conferees are aware of a research-based program that
assesses a student's cognitive strengths and perceptual
abilities and designs an individualized plan of strengthening
them which has promise to improve students' reading levels,
grades, test scores and behavior, thereby reducing referrals
to special education.
Within the amounts provided for the Fund for the
Improvement of Education, the conference agreement includes
$139,624,000 for the following:
$921,000 Virginia Living Museum, Newport News, VA for an
educational program;
$461,000 Giant Steps Illinois in Westmont, IL for
educational services;
$1,000,000 San Diego Unified School District in CA for
``The Blueprint for Student Success in a Standards-Based
System'';
$544,000 Utica City School District, Utica, New York for an
English as a Second Language Program;
$9,000 Jefferson Consolidated School District, Jefferson
New York for a summer school program;
$461,000 Texas A&M International University, Laredo, TX for
the Reading Research Center;
$184,000 Riverside Community College District, Riverside,
CA for general planning for a Center for Primary Education;
$547,000 Riverside Community College District, Riverside,
CA for curriculum development and related costs for the
School for the Arts;
$343,000 Louisiana Tech University, Ruston, LA for
``Project Life'';
$686,000 WestEd Eisenhower Regional Consortium for Science
and Mathematics, San Francisco, CA for 24 Challenge and
Jumping Levels Math;
$507,000 George Mason University, Fairfax VA for Center for
Families and Schools programming;
$275,000 Fairfax County Public Schools, Fairfax, VA for the
Teacher Leadership 2000 project in Annandale Terrace
Elementary School, Belvedere Elementary School, Glen Forest
Elementary School, Graham Road Elementary School, and
Parklawn Elementary School;
$841,000 Institute for Student Achievement, New York, NY
for establishment of programs at Holmes Middle School,
Annandale High School and Falls Church High School in
Virginia;
$929,000 Yosemite National Institute, Sausalito, CA for
science-based environmental education;
$1,283,000 Indian River Community College, Fort Pierce, FL
for the Living Science Interactive Learning Model;
$23,000 United Activities Unlimited Inc., Staten Island, NY
for tutoring and homework assistance;
$28,000 Foundation for the Advancement of Autistic Persons
in Staten Island, NY for Eden II teacher retention program;
$69,000 Community School District 31, Staten Island, NY for
textbook and library book purchases;
$276,000 New Jersey Historical Society for ``Educating New
Jersey's Children in the Past'';
$691,000 Mote Marine Laboratory, Sarasota, FL for
technology-based education programs;
$921,000 Space Education Initiatives, Inc., Green Bay, WI
for professional development and technology programming;
$3,430,000 The Board of Education of the City of Chicago/
Chicago Public Schools, National Teaching Training Academy,
Chicago IL for the Consortium for the Advancement of
Teaching;
$230,000 Fox Valley Illinois YMCA for the Teen Agenda
Program;
$115,000 L.E.A.D.E.R.S. Program, Rochester Hills, MI for
teen leadership, character development, and role modeling
program;
$806,000 Clark State Community College, Springfield OH and
Cuyahoga Community College, Cleveland, OH for the Early
Childhood Literacy Project;
$369,000 Kids Voting USA, Tempe, AZ for educational
programming;
$921,000,000 Rockford Public Schools--District 205,
Rockford, IL for strengthening of a magnet school program;
$461,000 Carthage Central School District, Carthage, NY for
an academic intervention plan;
$1,799,000 Reading Together USA Program at the University
of North Carolina at Greensboro for tutoring program
expansion;
$691,000 National Center for Family Literacy, Louisville,
KY for family literacy practitioner training;
$461,000 Center Unified School District, Antelope, CA for
training for literacy professionals;
$497,000 San Juan Unified School District, Carmichael, CA
for a comprehensive literacy program;
$921,000 San Joaquin Council of Governments, Stockton, CA
for the San Joaquin County Reads Program;
$880,000 George C. Marshall Foundation, Lexington, VA for
character development through community service;
$415,000 National Crime Prevention Council, Washington DC
for continuation of the National Youth Safety Corps;
$921,000 Adler Planetarium and Astronomy Museum, Chicago,
IL for Cyber Space Technology Learning Center;
$184,000 Northwestern University, Evanston, IL Institute
for Policy Research for the School Youth Development Program;
$921,000 North Central Regional Educational Laboratory for
the North Central Alliance, Oak Brook, IL for Improving
Professional Development;
$276,000 Midwest Young Artists, Highwood, IL for music
education programming;
$230,000 Shimer College, Waukegan, IL for the Graduate
Program in the Foundations of Science;
$92,000 Aptakisic Tripp Community Consolidated School
District #102 in IL for curriculum development;
$1,843,000 Lake County Forest Preserve District in
Libertyville, IL for educational center programming;
$345,000 Greater Columbus Chamber of Commerce, Columbus OH
for a Career Academy Program;
$111,000 Mariposa County Unified School District, Mariposa
California for a teacher initiative;
$350,000 Center for Advanced Research and Technology,
Clovis CA for educational programming;
$921,000 Media Arts Center, Paintsville, KY for equipment
and educational program support;
$921,000 University of West Florida, Pensacola, FL for
enhancing teacher performance in schools;
$276,000 Southern Illinois University, Edwardsville, IL for
an urban quality teacher initiative;
$921,000 Wichita Public Schools, Wichita, KS for special
education teaching reforms;
$46,000 Beaver Local School District, Lisbon, OH for
educational programming;
$46,000 Belmont-Harrison Vocational School District, St.
Clairsville, OH for educational programming;
$46,000 Brooke High School, Wellsburg, WV for educational
programming;
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$46,000 Bridgeport Exempted Village School District,
Bridgeport, OH for educational programming;
$46,000 Buckeye Local School District, Rayland, OH for
educational programming;
$46,000 Columbiana County Career Center, Lisbon, OH for
educational programming;
$46,000 East Liverpool School District, East Liverpool, OH
for educational programming;
$46,000 Edison Local School District, Hammondsville, OH for
educational programming;
$46,000 Hancock County Schools, New Cumberland, WV for
educational programming;
$46,000 John D. Rockefeller Vocational Technical Center,
New Cumberland, WV for educational programming;
$46,000 Indian Creek School District, Wintersville, OH for
educational programming;
$46,000 Jefferson County Joint Vocational School,
Bloomingdale, OH for educational programming;
$46,000 Martins Ferry School District, Martins Ferry, OH
for educational programming;
$46,000--Midland School District, Midland, PA for
educational programming;
$46,000--Southern Local School District, Salineville, OH
for educational programming;
$46,000--South Side School District, Hookstown, PA for
educational programming;
$46,000--Steubenville City Schools, Steubenville, OH for
educational programming;
$46,000--Toronto School District, Toronto, OH for
educational programming;
$46,000--Wellsville Local School District, Wellsville, OH
for educational programming;
$46,000--Wheeling Park High School, Wheeling, WV for
educational programming;
$921,000--Girard Community Committee Inc., for development
of the Girard Multigenerational Center in Girard, Ohio;
$369,000--St. Tammany Parish, Louisiana School Board,
Covington, LA for teacher technology training;
$92,000--Orleans Parish, LA District Attorney's Office, New
Orleans, LA for school based drug awareness education and
prevention program;
$200,000--The ReadNet Foundation, New York, NY for
innovative learning solutions for the mentally handicapped;
$480,000--Technological Research and Development Authority,
Titusville, FL for the Mathematics, Science & Technology
Teacher Education Program;
$46,000--Kentucky Sheriff's Boys and Girls Club in
Gilbertsville KY for educational and outreach efforts for
children;
$18,000--Oscar Cross Boys and Girls Club in Paducah KY for
technology improvements;
$1,382,000--Paducah Community College for the Challenger
Learning Center, Paducah, KY for hands-on science,
mathematics and technology education;
$461,000--Mississippi Writing/Thinking Institute,
Mississippi State University, Starkville, MS for improving
teaching and writing in K-12 schools throughout the state;
$1,176,000--University of New Mexico, Albuquerque, NM for
the Math and Science Teacher Academy;
$871,000--Florida Department of Education for School Net;
$553,000--Galena School District, Galena Alaska for a
comprehensive vocational program;
$230,000--California Drug Consultants, Moreno Valley CA for
educational learning aids and equipment for disabled and ill
children in the Riverside County region;
$460,000--Daemen College in Amherst, NY for staffing costs,
supplies, equipment and computer needs for the Center for
Achievement in Science;
$900,000--New Mexico Department of Education to continue to
fund student performance plans at 12 schools and for a model
school drop-out prevention program;
$500,000--Western Village Academy in Oklahoma City,
Oklahoma in partnership with Integris Health, for literacy
programs and other educational enrichment activities;
$800,000--National Science Center Foundation in Augusta,
Georgia to continue to develop computer based software Exit
Exam Review Materials for ESOL students;
$9,000,000--Project GRAD-USA Inc. in Houston, Texas to
support expansion of the successful school reform program,
Project GRAD;
$800,000--State of Alaska to continue reading literacy
programs for high school students;
$300,000--Providence Public School District in Providence,
Rhode Island for comprehensive literacy training to ensure
that all students are reading at grade level;
$2,000,000--Alaska Initiative for Community Engagement to
improve academic achievement of students and involve them in
their own communities;
$500,000--Semos Unlimited, Inc., in New Mexico to complete
a comprehensive initiative for providing bilingual
educational and literacy programs;
$850,000--Maine Center for Educational Services to
implement the Schools & Technology for Assessment &
Reflection program, a student performance data system for
planning and instructional purposes;
$500,000--American Village in Montevallo, Alabama for an
innovative civics education initiative that provides students
with a better understanding of the Constitution and
foundation of American self-government;
$500,000--Vermont Educational Leadership Alliance in
Montpelier, Vermont to address the shortage of school
leaders;
$600,000--University of Northern Iowa to continue
developing a model demonstration program for early childhood
education of all students;
$700,000--Utah State Office of Education to assist small
and geographically isolated schools through the Necessarily
Existent Small Schools Program;
$2,500,000--State of Alaska to develop innovative teacher
recruitment and retention programs;
$400,000--Albuquerque Public School System in New Mexico
for its Magnet High School for Math, Science and Technology;
$400,000--University of Oklahoma's Institute for Practical
Robotics in Oklahoma City, Oklahoma to provide hands on
experiences in robotics by developing curricula and teacher
training programs to integrate robotics and computer
engineering with traditional math and science education;
$300,000--Salt Lake Organizing Committee or to a
governmental agency or not-for profit organization designated
by the Salt Lake City Organizing Committee for a national
arts and education model initiative for the Winter Olympic
and Paralympic Games of 2002;
$100,000--Museums & Universities Supporting Educational
Enrichment in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for teacher training
and technology- and museum-based curriculum development;
$105,000--Wilderness Technology Alliance in Bellevue,
Washington for educational reform activities designed as part
of its statewide demonstration program;
$2,500,000--Sheldon-Jackson College Center for Life Long
Learning for teacher training and to address the shortage of
teachers in remote Alaskan villages;
$1,000,000--Delta State University to improve access to and
the quality of education in the Mississippi Delta area of the
State of Mississippi;
$250,000--Washington and Jefferson College Center for
Excellence in Teaching and Learning in Pennsylvania for a
comprehensive education initiative;
$75,000--Northwest Missouri Regional Council of
Government's Access 2000 program for educational support
services including career planning, leadership development
and personal skill evaluation and improvement;
$1,800,000--University of Missouri-St. Louis for the
Teacher Workforce Replenishment Program;
$800,000--University of Rhode Island for the 2001 World
Scholar Athlete Games;
$50,000--KidsPeace in Orefield, Pennsylvania for equipment
acquisition and educational services to support the
integration of health and educational programs developed for
at risk youth;
$250,000--Iowa State University Center for Excellence in
Science and Mathematics Education to collaborate with local
school districts and other partners to increase the quality
of mathematics and science technology education for K-12
grade students;
$400,000--Council of Chief State School Officers for
professional development and recognition activities related
to the Christa McAuliffe Foundation grant program;
$375,000--Madison Station Elementary School in Madison,
Mississippi to begin a replicable, school-wide, arts based
curriculum;
$250,000--Southeast Kansas Education Service Center in
Girard, KS to expand and replicate state-wide a school-based
mentoring effort that connects young people from grades K-12
with adult volunteers;
$750,000--Keystone Central School District in Pennsylvania,
in collaboration with Lock Haven University, to develop a
model alternative school;
$1,800,000--Vermont Department of Education to carry out
section 1002(f) of the Elementary and Secondary Education Act
of 1965;
$100,000--Freedom Foundation at Valley Forge to develop
programs integrating citizenship education, leadership
development and literacy programs;
$850,000--California School of Professional Psychology, in
cooperation with school districts in the San Diego, Los
Angeles, San Francisco and Fresno metropolitan areas for
model teacher training programs;
$200,000--Regional Performing Arts Center in Philadelphia,
Pennsylvania for equipment acquisition in support of distance
learning programs arranged with area schools;
$250,000--CAPE/PETE Net in Bethlehem, Pennsylvania for
distance learning technologies and educator training to
improve educational outcomes;
$400,000--National Aviation Hall of Fame in Dayton, Ohio
for curriculum development, technology upgrades and
programmatic improvements to educational programs offered to
students;
$290,000--Sunnyside School District in Washington for a
reading literacy program;
$250,000--California Institute of the Arts in Valencia,
California for an urban distance learning program;
$250,000--Philadelphia Pops educational outreach program,
Jazz in the Schools; $500,000--University of Northern Iowa
Center for Mathematics and Science Education to improve the
teaching of mathematics and science;
$850,000--Southwest Texas State University Center for
School Improvement to develop innovative programs to address
specific K-12 challenges facing teachers and students;
$850,000--University of Montana in Missoula, Montana to
facilitate a community-
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based statewide curriculum aimed at preventing violence in
schools;
$20,000--Education, Social and Public Services Association
in Seattle, Washington to develop targeted communications
related to Washington learning standards;
$850,000--ARC of East Central Iowa for a comprehensive
center in Cedar Rapids designed to meet the learning, medical
and day care needs of children and adolescents with
disabilities;
$250,000--American Visionary Art Museum in Baltimore,
Maryland for educational and outreach programs targeted to
underserved communities;
$250,000--Philadelphia Zoo in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania to
create, develop and implement a high school science learning
program;
$2,500,000--Big Brothers/Big Sisters of America to
strengthen and expand its school based mentoring program;
$200,000--National Foundation for Teaching Entrepreneurship
for expansion of basic academic skill development and
entrepreneurship training programs for students in low income
areas;
$250,000--Opera Company of Philadelphia for an integrated
arts education program;
$9,000,000--Iowa Department of Education to continue a
demonstration of public school facilities;
$750,000--Des Moines Independent School District in Iowa to
support the Smoother Sailing program;
$1,000,000--Iowa Student Aid Commission for teacher
training, recruitment and support;
$500,000--Iowa Child Institute located in Des Moines, IA
for planning and development of an innovative teacher
education and training center;
$100,000--Cobbs Creek Community Environmental Education
Center in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for teacher training,
research and equipment acquisition in support of
environmental education programs;
$400,000--Southeastern Louisiana University to utilize
distance learning for the improvement of teacher training;
$150,000--Rock School of Pennsylvania Ballet for innovative
arts education through after school and summer programs;
$250,000--Flathead Valley Community College Montana TREK
Center to provide rural educators with professional
development opportunities through distance learning
technologies;
$500,000--Hofstra University for a demonstration school
that integrates mathematics, science, technology and literacy
studies with the arts and cultural studies;
$250,000--CityVest, a non-profit development corporation in
Pennsylvania, to collaborate with area school districts in
providing alternative education programs;
$300,000--YMCA of America to expand drop out prevention,
mentoring and teen pregnancy prevention programs serving at-
risk teens in Dallas, San Antonio and Houston;
$250,000--American Film Institute for activities supporting
a media literacy pilot project undertaken in coordination
with the Los Angeles Unified School District;
$2,000,000--Reach Out and Read program to expand literacy
and health awareness for at-risk families;
$850,000--South Carolina Association of School
Administrators to facilitate and distribute the methodology
and pedagogy utilized by Blue Ribbon Schools;
$50,000--Stillman College, Zelpha Wells Cultural Education
Center to continue to provide music education and music
instruction to minority and disadvantaged youth;
$650,000--Georgia Project, Inc. in Dalton, Georgia to
assimilate Hispanic immigrant children into mainstream
curriculum;
$100,000--West Virginia University in Morgantown for school
safety research;
$1,000,000--Concord College in West Virginia for technical
skills training of new teachers;
$900,000--New York Historical Society to collaborate with
area high schools in developing a technology-based program
designed to enhance teaching and learning;
$400,000--Child and Family Development Education Center in
Albuquerque, New Mexico to better prepare students for school
success;
$25,000--Freedom Theatre in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania for
performing arts training and mentoring programs for area
youth;
$401,000--The National Mentoring Partnership in Washington
DC for establishing the National E-Mentoring Clearinghouse;
$900,000--Florida Institute of Education in Tallahassee,
Florida for community-based early learning and professional
development hubs;
$4,000,000--Carnegie Hall in New York, New York to
integrate distance learning and educational technology with
music education programs through the Isaac Stern Legacy
project;
$200,000--Hispanic Education and Media Group for a Latino-
Chicano high school dropout prevention program in San Jose,
CA;
$276,000--The Academy of Natural Sciences in Philadelphia,
PA for continuation of the Science Enrichment Expansion
Curriculum program;
$2,550,000--University of Notre Dame, Indiana, for the
Institute for Educational Initiatives research center for the
comparative analysis of best practices in public and private
elementary and secondary schools;
$1,700,000--Challenger Learning Center of Northwest
Indiana, Inc., Hammond, Indiana, to expand science education
and teacher training programs;
$1,275,000--For demonstration and evaluation of ``one-to-
one'' computing in high-need school districts in Bridgeport
and New Haven, Connecticut; San Pablo, Fairfield, Bay Point,
and East Menlo Park, California; and Searchlight and
McDermitt, Nevada;
$1,233,000--University of Maine, Orono, Maine, for the
development of curriculum for math and science teacher
education;
$863,000--An Achievable Dream, Newport News, Virginia to
improve academic performance of at-risk youth;
$1,250,000--Helen Keller Worldwide to expand the ChildSight
Vision Screening Program and provide eyeglasses to additional
children whose educational performance may be hindered
because of poor vision;
$1,020,000--Sacramento City Unified School District,
California to establish the California Home Visiting Center
to train teachers and parents in order to improve student
learning;
$935,000--Thornton Township High School District 205 to
support the Thornton Township Teaching and Learning
Partnership teacher training program;
$850,000--Early Reading Success Institute in Connecticut to
broaden the training of professionals in best practices in
the delivery of reading instruction;
$850,000--Olympic Park Institute in Olympic National Park,
Washington, to expand science education programs.;
$850,000--The GRAMMY Foundation, Santa Monica, California,
for music education programs;
$850,000--The Learning Collaborative Inc., Milford,
Connecticut, for the ``Pebbles Project'' to demonstrate
innovative technology to deliver educational services to
children medically unable to attend school;
$744,000--Yale University Child Study Center, New Haven,
Connecticut, for a child-centered education pilot program;
$723,000--Babyland Family Services, Newark, New Jersey for
technology training and extended learning opportunities for
students, parents and teachers;
$723,000--Chicago Public School System, Illinois, for
teacher professional development and university partnerships
to support implementation of new magnet school programs;
$723,000--DeKalb County School System in Georgia for a
comprehensive school violence prevention initiative;
$723,000--East Hartford Public Schools, Connecticut, to
support program and professional development associated with
the international baccalaureate program, including equipment;
$723,000--Sam Houston University, Huntsville, Texas to
establish a technical assistance center for after-school
programs;
$723,000--Texas A & M University, Corpus Christi, Texas for
services to at-risk bilingual families and for a middle
school math and science center at the Early Childhood
Development Center;
$723,000--University of Illinois, Chicago, Illinois for the
Project Impact Hispanic education initiative;
$638,000--Miami-Dade County Public Schools, Miami, Florida
to establish career academies;
$638,000--University of Missouri, St. Louis, School of
Education, for the Urban Educator Corps Partnership
initiative;
$595,000--Rutgers University Law School to support a
scholarship fund, public interest activities, and its work
with the LEAP Academy Charter School, including the purchase
of books and equipment to support these activities;
$700,000--Wisconsin Educational Partnership Initiative in
Chippewa Falls, Wisconsin for a professional development
initiative;
$690,000--Washburn Public Schools, Washburn, Wisconsin, for
a pilot project designed to provide 6th grade students and
school faculty with access to technology, including laptop
computers, software, and home internet access, and to provide
expert curriculum development assistance to school faculty
members;
$510,000--Dillard University, New Orleans, Louisiana, to
expand the William L. Gilbert Academy pre-college program for
high achieving low-income high school students;
$510,000--Educational Performances Foundation CPI, Boston,
Massachusetts, for the continued development of the music
educational program called ``From the Top'';
$510,000--West Windsor-Plainsboro Regional School District
in Mercer County, New Jersey, for the ``E=mc2'' teacher
training project;
$489,000--University of Illinois at Chicago, Illinois, for
a joint project with the University of New Orleans,
Louisiana, for the Great Cities' University Coalition Urban
Educators Corps teacher training partnership;
$422,000--Maryland State Department of Education to support
the Maryland Educational Opportunities Summer Program;
$425,000--Alameda County Social Services Agency, Oakland,
California, to support an education and training program for
high school students;
$425,000--Clark County School District, Las Vegas, Nevada
for a comprehensive bilingual education program;
$425,000--Cleveland Botanical Garden, Cleveland, Ohio, to
expand educational curriculum, outreach and teacher training
programs;
$425,000--Detroit Area Pre-College Engineering Program,
Inc., Detroit, Michigan, for engineering, science and math
instructional, Saturday and summer programs, teacher
training, and parental engagement activities;
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$425,000--The Milton Eisenhower Foundation, Washington, DC
for a full-service community school demonstration project in
up to four locations;
$425,000--Virginia Marine Science Museum Science Camp in
Virginia Beach, Virginia to expand educational programs and
outreach to schools;
$361,000--Oakland Unified School District, California, for
a teacher professional development initiative to increase
student achievement in literacy, math and science;
$340,000--Council of Chief State School Officers to support
the Arts Education Partnership to improve the awareness and
quality of arts in education;
$340,000--Indiana University, Bloomington, Indiana, for the
Project TEAM minority recruitment program;
$340,000--Smithsonian Institution for a jazz music
education program in Washington, DC;
$340,000--Wildlife Conservation Society, Bronx New York, to
develop a distance learning education project for after
school programs;
$298,000--Chicago Public School System, Illinois, to
provide vision screening, eye exams, and glasses for low-
income students;
$276,000--Chicago Public School System, Illinois, to expand
the Chicago Math, Science and Technology Academies;
$266,000--City of Houston Public Library, Houston, Texas
for the ASPIRE after school program;
$213,000--Future Leaders of America, Inc., Oxnard,
California, to provide leadership training and educational
experiences to talented youth;
$213,000--Institute for Student Achievement, Manhasset, New
York to improve student learning outcomes without social
promotion;
$191,000--Bremen Community High School District 228, in
Midlothian, Illinois, for a summer transition program for
incoming freshmen students;
$191,000--Center for Community Transformation in Chicago,
Illinois to support student fellowships and ongoing secular
educational activities in community leadership and
transformation, including curriculum development;
$170,000--``ScienceClass in a Box'' educational system,
Hoboken, New Jersey, to enhance science and math education in
disadvantaged school districts;
$175,000--Merrill Area Public Schools in Merrill,
Wisconsin, to support activities designed to improve
educational outcomes for at-risk students;
$149,000--Great Lakes Science Center, Cleveland, Ohio, to
establish interactive biomedical exhibitions and educational
programs to increase minority awareness of health careers;
$128,000--Centro Latino de Educacion Popular in Los
Angeles, California, program to provide literacy training for
Hispanic children and adults;
$128,000--City of Eugene, Oregon, for the development of
educational materials for a Wetland Environmental Education
Center;
$94,000--Dallas Urban League, Inc., Dallas, Texas, to
expand technology and literacy training for low-income youth;
$85,000--Los Angeles Free Net, Encino, California, to
provide free internet access to schools and libraries;
$85,000--Pasadena Independent School District, Pasadena,
Texas, to support an early learning program focused on
reading, including to purchase equipment and supplies;
$50,000--Stevens Point Area School District, Wisconsin for
an initiative to improve achievement among high school
students;
$43,000--Santa Barbara County Education Office, California
for school violence prevention resource kits;
$43,000--St. Vincent's Family Service Center, Kansas City,
Missouri, to implement a violence prevention curriculum
initiative;
$50,000--Merrill Area Public Schools in Merrill, Wisconsin,
for an initiative to improve achievement among high school
students;
$50,000--Superior School District, Superior, Wisconsin for
an initiative to improve achievement among high school
students;
$38,000--T.R. Hoover Community Development Corporation in
Dallas, Texas, to provide technology training to children and
their families in South Dallas;
$400,000--Chester Upland School District, Chester, PA, for
recruitment, preparation and retention of teachers and
teacher candidates;
$100,000--Family Communications, Inc., in Pittsburgh, PA,
for the non-profit's Safe Havens Training Project which is
designed to train school personnel in preventing and
responding to acts of violence;
$250,000--Northwest Regional Educational Laboratory in
Portland, OR for a reading tutor training program; and
$230,000--University of Pennsylvania Health System in
Philadelphia, PA for development of a model high school
curriculum on genetics and ethics.
For International Education, the conference agreement
includes $10,000,000 as proposed by the Senate, instead of
$7,000,000 as proposed by the House. The conferees support
strengthening and expanding international education exchange
programs to more students and teachers, expanding the early
elementary school program begun last year in Bosnia, and
pairing more American states with countries in the former
Soviet Union and Central and Eastern Europe. Within the
total, $1,200,000 is included for the civic education program
in Northern Ireland and the Republic of Ireland and
efforts in emerging democracies in developing countries.
The conferees recognize the efforts of Strategies to
Accelerate Reading Success (STARS) in Las Vegas, NV where
students in low performing schools have shown marked
improvements in their reading and listening comprehension
skills. The conferees are also aware of the Great Films
Project Co., Inc. of New York and their ability to produce a
documentary that will provide an objective assessment of the
impact of Federal education programs on the education of our
Nation's youth.
The conferees encourage the Secretary to consider funding a
study by the National Research Council of the National
Academy of Sciences which provides a balanced evaluation of
the consequences of high stakes testing, using data from a
representative sample of states and local educational
agencies. The evaluation may examine the consequences for
students in general, minority students and students with
limited English proficiency related to academic achievement,
dropout and retention rates, quality of instruction, and the
extent to which parents are informed about assessment results
and consequences.
departmental management
The conference agreement includes $525,684,000 for
Departmental Management instead of $488,134,000 as proposed
by the House and $504,551,000 as proposed by the Senate.
Within this amount, the agreement provides $76,000,000 for
the Office of Civil Rights instead of $71,200,000 as proposed
by the House and $73,224,000 as proposed by the Senate. The
agreement also includes $36,500,000 for the Office of
Inspector General instead of $34,000,000 as proposed by the
House and $35,456,000 as proposed by the Senate. The
agreement includes $510,000 to continue the Inspector General
audit of the Department's Student Financial Assistance
financial statements.
The conferees are supportive of the HEATH Clearinghouse
which provides technical assistance and support services to
disabled students and institutions of higher education. In
the last five years, the number of requests for information
increased from 30,000 per year to more than 75,000 per year.
The conferees encourage the Secretary to continue to support
the clearinghouse.
General Provisions
transfer authority
The conference agreement includes language to provide
general transfer authority for the Departments and agencies
in this bill except for the Department of Education (ED).
This authority was first provided in fiscal year 1996 with
the understanding that the flexibility it provides can only
be carried out when proper financial management controls and
systems are in place. ED did not receive an unqualified
opinion on its financial statements for either fiscal year
1998 or 1999. The conferees recognize that ED is working to
rectify problems that have been identified, but for fiscal
year 2001 the conferees require a letter of reprogramming to
the House and Senate Appropriation Committees and a written
response from the Committees before any transfer of funds can
be made.
The conferees reiterate that it is not the purpose of the
transfer authority to provide funding for new policy
proposals that can, and should, be included in subsequent
budget proposals. Absent the need to respond to emergencies
or unforeseen circumstances, this authority cannot be used
simply to increase funding for programs, projects or
activities because of disagreements over the funding level or
the difficulty or inconvenience with operating levels set by
the Congress.
TITLE I--TARGETING
The conference agreement includes language proposed by the
Senate directing the Comptroller General to evaluate
targeting within the title I program. The House bill
contained no similar provisions.
National Assessment Governing Board Date Change
The conference agreement includes a provision that makes
the terms of service for National Assessment Governing Board
members four years.
Recalculation of Cohort Default Rate
The conference agreement includes language changing the
process for appealing cohort default rate calculations so
that a school that misses the appeal deadline may retain
eligibility if a clear mistake was made in the data used to
calculate the rate.
compensation parity for auditors and examiners
The conference agreement includes an amendment to the
Higher Education Act of 1965 relating to compensation parity
for auditors and examiners.
tribal colleges
The conference agreement includes an amendment to the Carl
D. Perkins Vocational and Technical Education Act of 1998
relating to tribally controlled postsecondary vocational and
technical institutions.
security interests in student loans
The conference agreement includes an amendment to the
Higher Education Act of 1965 relating to perfection of
security interests in student loans.
historically black colleges and universities
The conference agreement includes an amendment to the
Higher Education Act of 1965 relating to default rates.
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national constitution center
The conference agreement includes a provision which
provides $10,000,000 to the Secretary of Education to be
transferred to the Secretary of the Interior for an award to
the National Constitution Center to continue activities
authorized by P.L. 100-433.
character education
The conference agreement includes a modification to the
Safe and Drug-Free Schools Act for the development and
implementation of character education programs.
waiver review
The conference agreement includes a provision that directs
the Secretary to review the nursing program operated by
Graceland University in Iowa and specifies that the Secretary
may exercise waiver authority relating to this program.
leveraging educational assistance partnerships
The conference agreement includes an amendment to the
Higher Education Act of 1965 clarifying that funds provided
under the Special Leveraging Educational Assistance
Partnership Program may not be used for administrative
purposes and that matching funds must come from new sources
in order to leverage more state funding.
student support services
The conference agreement includes an amendment to Part A of
title IV of the Higher Education Act of 1965 which allows
grantees receiving funding under the Student Support Services
program within TRIO to use part of these funds for direct
grant aid to needy students. A grant provided under this
provision may not exceed the maximum appropriated Pell
Grant, or be less than the minimum appropriated Pell
Grant, for the current academic year. Grantees using funds
for this purpose are required to match at least 33 percent
of the funds used for grant aid in cash from non-federal
sources and may not use more than 20 percent of their
grant amount for direct grant aid purposes.
student loans interest rate
The conference agreement includes a provision that replaces
the interest rate formula for certain Parent Loans to
Students and Supplemental Loans for Students which used the
rates established by the auction of 52-week Treasury bills
for setting new interest rates each July 1st. Interest rates
for these loans will now be based on a new formula which uses
the weekly average of the one year constant maturity Treasury
yield, as published by the Board of Governors of the Federal
Reserve System, for the last calendar week ending on or
before June 26th preceding the July 1st effective date for
interest rate changes.
olympic scholarships
The conference agreement includes an amendment to the
Higher Education Act of 1965 designating scholarships made
under the Olympic Scholarships program as ``B.J. Stupak
Olympic Scholarships.''
property transfer
The conference agreement includes a provision that would
release a reversionary interest at San Francisco State
University.
impact aid
The conference agreement includes an amendment to the
Elementary and Secondary Education Act of 1965, as amended,
relating to certain school districts eligible for the Impact
Aid program.
TITLE IV--RELATED AGENCIES
Armed Forces Retirement Home
The conference agreement does not include an additional
advance appropriation for the Armed Forces Retirement Home as
proposed by the Senate. The House bill contained no similar
provision.
cooperation for national and community service
domestic volunteer service programs, operating expenses
The conference agreement includes $303,850,000 for the
Domestic Volunteer Service programs instead of $294,527,000
as proposed by the House and $302,504,000 as proposed by the
Senate.
Volunteers in Service to America (VISTA)
The conference agreement includes $83,074,000 for VISTA as
proposed by the Senate instead of $80,574,000 as proposed by
the House.
National Senior Volunteer Corps
The conference agreement includes $98,868,000 for the
Foster Grandparent Program (FGP) instead of $95,988,000 as
proposed by the House and $97,500,000 as proposed by the
Senate. The agreement includes $40,395,000 for the Senior
Companion Program (SCP) instead of $39,219,000 as proposed by
the House and $40,219,000 as proposed by the Senate. The
agreement also includes $48,884,000 for the Retired Senior
Volunteer Program (RSVP) instead $46,117,000 as proposed by
the House and $48,117,000 as proposed by the Senate.
One-third of the increases provided for the FGP, SCP, and
RSVP programs shall be used to fund Programs of National
Significance expansion grants to allow existing FGP, RSVP and
SCP programs to expand the number of volunteers serving in
areas of critical need as identified by Congress in the
Domestic Volunteer Service Act.
Sufficient funding has been included to provide a 2 percent
increase for administrative costs realized by all current
grantees in the FGP and SCP programs, and a 4 percent
increase for administrative costs realized by all current
grantees in the RSVP program. Funds remaining above these
amounts should be used to begin new FGP, RSVP and SCP
programs in geographic areas currently unserved. The
conferees expect these projects to be awarded via a
nationwide competition among potential community-based
sponsors.
The Corporation for National and Community Service shall
comply with the directive that use of funding increases in
the Foster Grandparent Program, Retired and Senior Volunteer
Program and VISTA not be restricted to America Reads
activities. The conferees further direct that the Corporation
shall not stipulate a minimum or maximum amount for PNS grant
augmentations.
The conference agreement includes $400,000 for senior
demonstration activities as proposed by the House instead of
$1,494,000 as proposed by the Senate. These funds are to be
used to carry out evaluations and to provide recruitment,
training, and technical assistance to local projects as
described in the budget request. No new demonstration
projects may be begun with these funds. None of the increases
provided for FGP, SCP, or RSVP in fiscal year 2001 may be
used for demonstration activities. The conferees further
expect that all future demonstration activities will be
funded through allocations made through Part E of the
Domestic Volunteer Service Act.
Funds appropriated for fiscal year 2001 may not be used to
implement or support service collaboration agreements or any
other changes in the administration and/or governance of
national service programs prior to passage of a bill by the
authorizing committees of jurisdiction specifying such
changes.
Program Administration
The conference agreement includes $32,229,000 for program
administration of DVSA programs at the Corporation as
proposed by the House instead of $32,100,000 as proposed by
the Senate. Funding should be used for the new core financial
management system and to make other technology enhancements
that will improve customer service and field communications.
corporation for public broadcasting
The conference agreement includes language proposed by the
Senate providing an additional $20,000,000 for
digitalization, if specifically authorized by subsequent
legislation. The House bill contained no similar provision.
federal mediation and conciliation service
The conference agreement includes $38,200,000 for the
Federal Mediation and Conciliation Service as proposed by the
Senate instead of $37,500,000 as proposed by the House.
federal mine safety and health review commission
The conference agreement includes $6,320,000 for the
Federal Mine Safety and Health Review Commission as proposed
by the Senate instead of $6,200,000 as proposed by the House.
institute of museum and library services
The conference agreement includes $207,219,000 for the
Institute of Museum and Library Services instead of
$170,000,000 as proposed by the House and $168,000,000 as
proposed by the Senate. Within the amounts provided, the
conference agreement includes $39,219,000 for the following:
$921,000 The Mariners' Museum, Newport News, VA for library
archival and educational programming;
$461,000 DuPage County Children's Museum in Naperville, IL
for educational programming;
$369,000 National Baseball Hall of Fame Library,
Cooperstown New York for library improvements;
$92,000 City of Corona, Riverside, CA for library
technology improvements;
$6,000 City of Murrieta Public Library, Murrieta, CA for
technology improvements
$1,382,000 Sierra Madre Public Library, Sierra Madre, CA
for technology improvements;
$23,000 Brooklyn Public Library, Brooklyn, NY for library
materials;
$46,000 NY Public Library Staten Island branch for book and
archive enhancement;
$266,000 Edward H. Nabb Research Center for Delmarva
History and Culture at Salisbury State University, Salisbury,
MD for a history laboratory project;
$461,000 Texas Tech University, Lubbock TX for the Virtual
Vietnam Archive Project;
$230,000 City of Ontario Public Library, Ontario, CA for
technology improvements;
$461,000 Southern Oregon University, Ashland, OR for
technology enhancements to the library's Government Documents
Collection;
$1,106,000 Christopher Newport University, Newport News, VA
for upgrade of Information Technology Center;
$2,600,000 Southeast Missouri State University River Campus
and Museum to restore the historic former St. Vincent
Seminary for museum programs;
$900,000 Heritage Harbor Museum in Providence, Rhode Island
for cataloging of materials and operations;
$700,000 Institute for the Historic Study of Jazz at the
University of Idaho for the cataloguing, digitalization,
development of an on-line database, and preservation of
archival materials which it owns;
$1,800,000 Franklin Pierce College Life Center to serve as
a library for the rural southwest region of New Hampshire;
$500,000 Louisville Zoo for the Diane Fossey Mountain
Gorilla program;
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$150,000 Oregon Historical Society Permanent Exhibition;
$250,000 Pittsburgh Children's Museum;
$510,000 Temple University Library for digitalization of
resources from its Urban History ad African-American
collections;
$576,000 Franklin Institute for the Design of Life
exhibition;
$925,000 Please Touch Museum in Philadelphia, Pennsylvania;
$500,000 Alaska Native Heritage Center portion of the New
Trade Winds project;
$1,000,000 National Museum of Women in the Arts in
Washington D.C.;
$1,200,000 Mississippi River Museum and Discovery Center in
Dubuque, Iowa for exhibit and library enhancement;
$650,000 Salisbury House Foundation in Des Moines, Iowa to
improve security and preservation of its collection;
$150,000 Linn County, Iowa Historical Museum History Center
in support of the ``This Old Digital City'' project;
$4,000,000 Newsline for the Blind to expand services for
the blind to libraries across the country including $100,000
for the West Virginia Newsline for the Blind and $100,000 for
the Iowa Newsline for the Blind;
$1,000,000 Clay Center for the Arts and Sciences for a
multimedia display screen, and the fabrication and design of
a science exhibit;
650,000 Bishops Museum in Hawaii as part of the ``New Trade
Winds'' project;
$500,000 Wisconsin Maritime Museum for interactive
exhibits;
$250,000 Natural History Museum of Los Angeles to continue
outreach and educational activities;
$400,000 Perkins Geology Museum at the University of
Vermont to digitalize its collection
$400,000 Walt Whitman Cultural Arts Center in Camden, New
Jersey to expand cultural education programs;
$400,000 Plainfield Public Library in Plainfield, New
Jersey to upgrade and expand computer and internet services;
$150,000 Ducktown Arts District in Atlantic City, New
Jersey to expand access to cultural arts programs;
$400,000 Lake Champlain Science Center for exhibits and
programs;
$250,000 Foundation for the Arts, Music, and Entertainment
of Shreveport-Bossier, Inc.;
$100,000 Bryant College in Rhode Island for a technology
initiative linking libraries of institutions of higher
education;
$120,000 Fenton Historical Museum of Jamestown, New York;
$461,000 Abraham Lincoln Bicentennial Commission;
$43,000 Sumter County Library, Sumter, South Carolina for
the acquisition of library materials;
$85,000 New York Botanical Garden, Bronx, New York, to
expand access to plant specimen database;
$128,000 Nassau County Museum of Art in Roslyn Harbor, New
York, to expand educational programs for elementary and
secondary students;
$128,000 Roberson Museum and Science Center in Binghampton,
New York for an educational science and engineering pilot
program;
$128,000 North Carolina Museum of Life and Science for
development of BioQuest exhibits;
$170,000 George Eastman House in Rochester, New York, to
digitally archive and catalog photographic collections;
$213,000 Fitchburg Art Museum in Fitchburg, Massachusetts
to expand public access through technology upgrades;
$298,000 Columbia College, Chicago, Center for Black Music
Research in Chicago, Illinois, for education and outreach
activities;
$298,000 Mystic Seaport, the Museum of America and the Sea,
in Connecticut, to develop an informal learning laboratory;
$468,000 City of Houston Public Library, Houston, Texas,
for information technology development and equipment;
$410,000 AE Seaman Mineral Museum in Houghton, Michigan;
$680,000 AMISTAD Research Center at Tulane University in
New Orleans, Louisiana to expand automation, electronic
communications, educational outreach and community
involvement activities;
$723,000 New Bedford Whaling Museum in Massachusetts for
exhibits, technology upgrades and to expand public access;
$723,000 The George C. Page Museum, Los Angeles, California
to expand education and outreach programs;
$850,000 The Children's Museum of Los Angeles, California,
for development of exhibits, educational programs and teacher
training;
$850,000 Berman Museum of Art of Ursinus College,
Collegeville, Pennsylvania for expansion of an arts education
program and community outreach activities;
$2,125,000 Silas Bronson Library in Waterbury, Connecticut
for information technology equipment and upgrades;
$2,435,000 New York Public Library for the development of a
digital archive at the Schomburg Center for Research in Black
Culture to document African American migration;
$425,000 National Aviary in Pittsburgh, Pennsylvania, in
collaboration with Carnegie Mellon University, to develop and
utilize interactive mobile robots in support of distance
learning;
$723,000 Old Sturbridge Village, Sturbridge, Massachusetts
for the development of a distance learning project.
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission
The conference agreement provides $8,000,000 for the
Medicare Payment Advisory Commission (MedPAC), the same as
both the House and the Senate. A documented national shortage
of geriatricians, physicians who specialize in the management
of care for frail, older persons, exists. The shortage has
occurred, in part, because of inadequate Medicare
reimbursement and physician training payment restrictions.
For this reason, MedPAC should study the issue, reporting
specifically on how the hospital specific cap on residents
for purposes of Medicare graduate medical education payments
impacts geriatric training programs and providing
recommendations regarding how to alter the cap to resolve
this problem.
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science
The conference agreement includes $1,495,000 for the
National Commission on Libraries and Information Science as
proposed by the Senate instead of $1,400,000 as proposed by
the House.
National Council on Disability
The conference agreement includes $2,615,000 for the
National Council on Disability as proposed by the Senate
instead of $2,450,000 as proposed by the House.
National Education Goals Panel
The conference agreement includes $1,500,000 for the
National Education Goals Panel instead of $2,350,000 as
proposed by the Senate. The House bill did not propose
funding for this agency.
National Labor Relations Board
The conference agreement includes $216,438,000 for the
National Labor Relations Board as proposed by the Senate
instead of $205,717,000 as proposed by the House.
National Mediation Board
The conference agreement includes $10,400,000 for the
National Mediation Board as proposed by the Senate instead of
$9,800,000 as proposed by the House.
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission
The conference agreement includes $8,720,000 for the
Occupational Safety and Health Review Commission as proposed
by the Senate instead of $8,600,000 as proposed by the House.
Railroad Retirement Board
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATION
The conference agreement includes a limitation on transfers
from the railroad trust funds of $95,000,000 for
administrative expenses as proposed by the House instead of
$92,500,000 as proposed by the Senate.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
The conference agreement includes a limitation on transfers
from the railroad trust funds of $5,700,000 for
administrative expenses of the Office of Inspector General as
proposed by the Senate instead of $5,380,000 as proposed by
the House.
Social Security Administration
SUPPLEMENTAL SECURITY INCOME PROGRAM
The conference agreement includes $23,344,000,000 for the
Supplemental Security Income Program instead of
$23,354,000,000 as proposed by the Senate and $23,127,000,000
as proposed by the House.
LIMITATION ON ADMINISTRATIVE EXPENSES
The conference agreement includes a limitation of
$7,124,000,000 on transfers from the Social Security and
Medicare trust funds and Supplemental Security Income program
for administrative activities instead of $6,978,036,000 as
proposed by the House and $7,010,800,000 as proposed by the
Senate.
The conference agreement includes language proposed by the
House clarifying that the Social Security Administration may
use unexpended funds for investment in information technology
and telecommunications hardware and software infrastructure,
including related equipment and non-payroll expenses
associated solely with information technology and
telecommunications technology. The agreement also includes
language proposed by the House that requires the Secretary of
the Treasury to reimburse the Trust Fund from the General
Fund for the cost of official time for federal employees and
facilities and support services for labor organizations. The
Senate bill contained no similar provisions.
OFFICE OF INSPECTOR GENERAL
The conference agreement includes $69,444,000 for the
Office of Inspector General through a combination of general
revenues and limitations on trust fund transfers as proposed
by the Senate instead of $65,752,000 as proposed by the
House.
United States Institute of Peace
The conference agreement includes $15,000,000 for the
United States Institute of Peace as proposed by the House
instead of $12,951,000 as proposed by the Senate. The
conferees direct the United States Institute of Peace to
provide information in the fiscal year 2002 Congressional
budget justification regarding the use of appropriated funds
in the Endowment. Included in this information should be the
total amount of appropriated funds transferred into the
Endowment from the most recent fiscal year available, the
total amount of interest earned in the fiscal year on those
funds, a list of all dates in which draw downs occur and
those amounts,
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and a beginning and end of year balance of the Endowment.
TITLE V--GENERAL PROVISIONS
Distribution of Sterile Needles
The conference agreement includes a provision proposed by
the House that prohibits the use of funds in this Act to
carry out any program of distributing sterile needles or
syringes for the hypodermic injection of any illegal drug.
The Senate bill contained a similar provision except that
it would have allowed for such a program if the Secretary
of Health and Human Services determines that these
programs are effective in preventing the spread of HIV and
do not encourage the use of illegal drugs.
Fifth Quarter Obligations
The conference agreement does not include a provision
proposed by both the House and Senate to allow fiscal year
2000 unobligated balances for salaries and expenses to remain
available through the first quarter of fiscal year 2001.
Restoring SSI Benefits Payments to Appropriate Year
The conference agreement does not include a provision
proposed by the House to restore benefit payments for
Supplemental Security Income to the appropriate year. The
Senate bill contained no similar provision.
Evaluation of Abstinence Education Programs
The conference agreement includes a provision proposed by
the House to extend the funding available for evaluations of
abstinence education programs to 2005 and provides for an
interim report not later than January 1, 2002. The Senate
bill contained no similar provision.
Temporary Assistance to Needy Families (TANF)
The conference agreement does not include a provision
proposed by the Senate to reduce TANF supplemental grants in
fiscal year 2001. The House bill contained no similar
provision.
Discretionary Advance Appropriation Reduction
The conference agreement does not include a provision
proposed by the House to rescind funds from the Payments to
States for the Child Care and Development Block Grant if the
total level of discretionary advance appropriations for
fiscal year 2002 exceeds $23,500,000,000. The Senate bill
contained no similar provision.
Unique Health Identifier
The conference agreement includes a provision proposed by
the Senate to prohibit the promulgation or adoption of any
final standard relating to a unique health identifier until
legislation is enacted specifically approving the standard.
The House bill contained a similar provision except it did
not provide for legislative action.
State Supplementary Payments
The conference agreement includes language proposed by the
Senate that accelerates the effective date of current law
requiring a State that has entered into an agreement with the
Social Security Administration for Federal administration of
State supplementary payments be required to remit payments
and fees no later than the business day preceeding the SSI
payment from September, 2000 to September, 2001.
Military Recruiting at Secondary Schools
The conference agreement does not include a provision
proposed by the House preventing secondary schools from
prohibiting military recruitment. The Senate bill contained
no similar provision.
NIH License Agreements
The conferees do not include a provision proposed by the
House regarding NIH license agreements. The Senate bill
contained no similar provision.
Across-the-Board Administrative and Related Expenses Reduction
The conference agreement includes a provision to reduce
administrative and related expenses of the Departments of
Labor, Health and Human Services, and Education by
$25,000,000.
Emergency Contraception Distribution Through School Clinics
The conference agreement does not include a provision
proposed by the Senate to prohibit the distribution of or
prescription for postcoital emergency contraception to an
unemancipated minor on the premises or in the facilities of
any elementary or secondary school. The House bill contained
no similar provision.
Rights of Residents of Certain Facilities
The conference agreement does not include a provision
proposed by the Senate to amend the Public Health Service Act
to add a new section titled ``Requirement Relating to the
Rights of Residents of Certain Facilities''. The House bill
contained no similar provision.
Sense of the Senate on Early Head Start
The conference agreement deletes without prejudice a Sense
of the Senate provision regarding blood lead screening tests
on children enrolled in early head start programs. The House
bill contained no similar provision.
Sense of the Senate on a Study of Sexual Abuse in Schools
The conference agreement deletes without prejudice a Sense
of the Senate provision regarding a study on the issue of
sexual abuse in schools. The House bill contained no similar
provision.
GAO Study into Federal Fetal Tissue Practices
The conference agreement does not include a provision
proposed by the Senate requesting a GAO study into Federal
fetal tissue practices. The House bill contained no similar
provision.
Genetic Information Nondiscrimination in Health Insurance Act of 1999
The conference agreement does not include a provision
proposed by the Senate regarding genetic information. The
House bill contained no similar provision.
Health Care Access and Protections for Consumers
The conference agreement does not include the health care
access and protections for consumers provision as proposed by
the Senate. The House bill contained no similar provision.
Human Papillomavirus
The conference agreement includes a provision related to
human papillomavirus. The House and Senate bills contained no
similar provision.
Saccharin Labeling
The conference agreement includes a provision that repeals
the mandated saccharin warning label. The House and Senate
bills contained no similar provision.
special benefits for certain world war ii veterans
The conference agreement includes a provision which allows
a State and the Commissioner of Social Security to enter into
an agreement under which the Commissioner would make State
payments, on behalf of the State, to supplement federal
payments provided under Title VIII of the Social Security
Act.
Statutory employees
The Conferees note that, given the complexity of issues
that were considered under prior law in correctly determining
the amount of Supplemental Security Income payable to
individuals who are classified as ``statutory employees'', or
their dependents, that in the past cases may have been
determined erroneously. The Conferees urge the Social
Security Administration to act favorable on requests for
waiver of overpayment that may have accured in such cases.
TITLE VI--ASSETS FOR INDEPENDENCE ACT
The conference agreement includes amendments to the Assets
for Independence Act to make technical and conforming changes
to ensure accurate research and measurement of the
effectiveness of Individual Development Accounts.
TITLE VII--PHYSICAL EDUCATION FOR PROGRESS PROGRAM
The conference agreement includes the Physical Education
for Progress program which will enable local educational
agencies to initiate, expand, and improve physical education
programs for all K-12 students.
TITLE VIII--EARLY LEARNING OPPORTUNITIES
The conference agreement includes the Early Learning
Opportunities Act, which is designed to help states increase
the availability of voluntary programs, services, and
activities that support early childhood education.
TITLE IX--RURAL EDUCATION
The conference agreement includes the Rural Achievement
Act, which amends Part J of Title X of the Elementary and
Secondary Education Act (ESEA) of 1965 to better address the
different needs of small, rural school districts. Under this
provision, a local educational agency (LEA) would be able to
combine funding under various ESEA programs to support
compensatory education, teacher professional development,
education technology, and school drug and violence prevention
activities authorized under ESEA that are intended to improve
the academic achievement of elementary and secondary school
students.
Conference Agreement
The following table displays the amounts agreed to for each
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